utilizing right now to make the area safe for is to have less drug operations, robbery abatement operations where we use the call is. one such operation is going on as we speak. putting a decollate out there to see -- a decoy out there to see, giving a those that would rob an opportunity to do so. we have permanent assigned beat officers in the area so that the citizenry can meet the beat officers and develop a relationship with them. our secret and most important weapon in dealing with this is

my plainclothed sergeant, who i am going to ask to come up and talked about the situation regarding some still will that is their right now. he could best explained that. mario is the foremost latino gang expert in the area. >> good evening, commissioners. to give you a little background on the violence that is going on, we have a group of nortenos gang members. they are having a feud with some of the residents and people who frequent them. there is a group of mixed races.

african-americans, latinos, and some owens. -- samoans. we had a homicide where a latino victim was killed. the person who committed the homicide was somebody who frequented this. we are conducting a lot of surveillance. we have recovered two guns from the gangs in the last three weeks or so. we have are arrested people that frequent the group that were involved in this feud. we have a rest of a few of them on the robbery on september 12.

this has come down a little bit. we are still proactive. we are doing decoy operations as we speak. we have a sergeant posing as a victim. that is what is going on. it is a small fraction of the norteno gang fighting a small group. >> she has been here the last couple of weeks. she is the director, it is right around the corner, right across from the park. i met with her on monday. she is a concern citizen and being vocal about it.

i do not know if you are able to give her some assistance. more so as a community person to try to work with some of the younger people. she is very concerned. >> i stayed away from that area because i buy drugs. not anymore. i recently got reassigned to the mission district. i had been an officer for about eight years. i had spoken to other people from the area. they are actively involved in the community there. i have spoken to her about what is going on. >> she focused on this one officer.

she feels like she is out there alone. if you could keep in on her, i am going to look from my end to help her out. >> miss harris i met with a couple of weeks ago. >> get to the microphone, please. >> i had one of my plainclothes officers check in with her daily. some that she has worked with in the past and has a good relationship with. she has good reason to praise the officer. they have been an outstanding officer. we like to deal with the concerns of the community there.

>> i do not want to feel like she has lost touch. i am going to be working with her a lot. i will be the go-between if necessary. >> great. >> in conclusion, chief gascon sent word to me that he wanted me to invite a member of our citizens advisory board for the mission district from that neighborhood. he is here. we have two members of the board here. i would ask him to step up.

>> good afternoon, everyone. thanks for letting me speak. i have a letter that i would like to make public from the mission center. this says, der chief dusk on -- chief gascon, he is one of the most cooperative captains in recent history. this is including working with the mission began, the community work, and another. this data is hard to capture, since the police are not able to capture all of this when interventions are in place. you have committed the offense such as the easter egg hunt when the community would work with him.

in closing, it is with great pleasure that i write this letter of support with the great accomplishment under the captain. thank you to the director. we in the community believe that what makes change is the synergy that happens when the police department and the community come together. historically, in our community, the police department worked as a very friendly department in our community. that has changed a lot. the captain has reached out to us. the community feels empowered by this. there were a lot of changes happening in the area. we have a lot of outside influence coming in. older men would sometimes hang out and play games in the park. there is also an increased

police presence. he is the director. one of the things that we put together is what is called this text messaging phone tree for all of these organizations to work together. you see anything going on in the community. there is a group text message where everybody knows what is going on. the police department responds promptly. as soon as we have that incident where there is a big fight at john mcconnell and there was a drive-by shooting. thank god that nobody got hit. that happened on a friday. we all met ed john o'connell high school. the lieutenant attended the meeting. this is what we were going to do together to face the violence.

it is important that we continue to build this. in our perspective, the chief said something very important when he came to visit us. just like there is sometimes 99.9% of the police department doing their job, you have good officers like that. in the gangs, you have 99.9% that are good and then the 1% that are the real gang members. we are trying to work together to make sure that we worked as a collaborative. we have meetings every month. i am made little nervous. sari if i am rambling. -- sorry if i am ramblin. maybe he can talk about the important work that we are

doing. i think is as important. law enforcement enforces the law. i think that work is very important. thank you for letting me speak. >> good evening, commissioner and president. i am very familiar ring with ms. harris as well and some of the efforts that are going on. there is a perspective of lack of funding, attention, willingness to show love to that population. i have firsthand knowledge of that. i was a program director at another project for about a year

and a couple of years back. those services there were some -- the first time in my recent memory that there was actually preventative, after school, a multimedia services geared towards those kids in the projects. both the valencia gardens and the dwellings, the dynamics of around that is that they are in a latino dominated area. the social services are dedicated to gang prevention efforts. the case managements have all been latino gangs. the dwellings have always gotten the crumbs. maybe we can get you a on. if there is an overnight, you guys are not first priority. we will try to squeeze you in

when we can. the fundamental issues are really going on here in this community. we are dedicated and trying to work with ms. harris to try to see how we can collaborate to some resources. they want a community center out of there. we are very limited. we are spread out throughout many different communities. initially, we had carved out a part-time position. this individual is on board with us as well. we have been able to increase to about 15 hours per week. it is still just a drop in the bucket. i am looking forward to may be talking to you and seeing fifth we have as much coverage as possible. i am glad to have some african-

american representation. in the past, they have always been focusing on the latino gang issues. being able to bring on two african-american males, one to work on the dwellings as well, that has really given us an in with some of the use and has gotten them into some positive activities. that is something that is on our radar. they have always had problems with the factions there whether it was drug-related issues or violence. we wanted to give you guys a quick update. >> thank you about that. i appreciate it. our henry morale less and victor

still with you? >> correct. i would like to see if we could talk about that. >> thank you. we have a few commissioners. i think you have a few commissioners that want to respond. >> the park is across the street. currently, they do not have any staff. some of the funding cuts that happen last year our funding some of these activities. that is a reason why this is going up. >> with that, i am willing to

field any questions that people may have. >> i am really glad that you are here. there were several women that were here after the recent shooting. they have a couple of concerns. you could see the frustration and the fear. i am glad to see the services that you have on the vice three board. for the people that came here that evening and the people in the dwellings, what kind of average is done for those people were concerned? that they would come here and bring this to our attention? it sounds like you have a network set up. just so that these people will know where to go? >> a couple of weeks ago, i met with ms. harris. she expressed concerns about

increased violence in the neighborhood. she expressed concern for the safety and the staff there. she made reference to the officer and several other officers. mike moody, pete richardson and a number of other officers. i told her that monday through friday, i would have one of those officers personally checked in with her. i would see if she had any concerns. that has been going on daily for the last couple of weeks. we have reached out to her. >> we had it in the past. when you have the shooting or the violence, the police response, there is a community

response, too. their response on the community basis that will let people know that there are services available. there is an advisory board. people can come and talk to and get services. >> it is probably the most viable resource. >> a community response that goes out of the time of the shooting. not a monthly meeting. >> right. one of the main purposes of the community advisory board is that these members represent various constituencies, and various community groups, and they are a resource. something like that occurs and i can get a hold of alfredo. we can meet at any time when an issue comes up and have a

working relationship with 20 different members of the community that i did not have before we started the community advisory board. >> thanks. >> commissioner. >> i would like to thank all of the speakers who updated us on what is happening in the mission district. it is good to hear positive results that you are having from different components in the community working together. captain, i am wondering if you could give me or -- more information or help me understand the breakdown of the one-car, two-car, the six-car sector. i guess i could guess what that means. and the statistics being tied to

the one-car, two-car, i am not sure -- >> the police district is broken up into six different sectors. >> there are two cars assigned to this sector and six to another sector? >> there are six different sectors. they are just name the one-car through the six cars. >> thanks. i appreciate that. >> i had a quick question. then we can move along. i did speak with a couple of residents. they're concerned was that they have new officers coming on board. they are not trained to deal with the community members. i want to know if there is a way

to transition the officers of that they have strong relationships? >> perception is important. in reality, new officers to come to the district stations, they are getting more and more emphasis in the academy and field training on cultural awareness with the citizenry and the importance of community outreach. i think it is more a matter of miss harris having a good relationship with some of the more veteran officers. she was comfortable with them and did not know these new were officers. i made it a point for the officers that she named by name that would come by every day. at the same time, we want to

develop a new relationship with the other officers. >> the more that could be done to develop that relationship to further it along so that there is a community relationship with the new officers. that would be helpful. >> thank you very much. [applause] one other -- a couple of presentations? certificate of appreciation? is that all, captain? >> yes, it is. >> commissioners, in the

interest of time, before the meeting started, we had a photo op with two honorees and they received plaques. i would like to ask them both to come forward while i read to you the valor that they demonstrated. >> you should know that we do need police officers. >> on july 29, the victim was viciously attacked by anderson jackson, who it was later discovered was on parole for aggravated assault. as he came up behind her and punched her on the side of the head, while she was down in days, he flipped her over onto her back and began rifling

through her pockets. be that some thought that she was going to be raped and killed right there on the street. she screamed as loud and long as she could. the suspect told her, shut up, bitch. there are two heroic ladies. [no audio] [applause] they were alerted by the screaming and ran to the rescue. they chased away jackson. well they went to post the victim's the systems, they jumped into a taxicab. he was 6'2"240 pounds. she was able to give it the description and the pattern of

light. jackson doubled back an attempt to ditch her. she wept -- he went into an open garage. she had been able to get a good look at his face and was not fooled. she continued to follow him until officers arrived. she was able to point out jackson. both witnesses identified jackson as the culprit. they wrote statements to that effect. both of these heroic ladies went above and beyond what we expect of citizens. i am delighted that we were able to invite them here to receive their plaques of appreciation. [applause] >> jordan wanted me to recount the story that the victim told us after the assault had taken

place. she was shaken up at first. she did not know what you wanted. she only had a first generation iphone. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> all right then. let's move into the director's report. >> good evening, members of the commission. the director is in seattle at a conference that is the national association civilian law enforcement oversight. i am here to anticipate. >> thank you. >> nice and short. >> we will move the agenda now. it has gone longer than we

anticipated. we will go back later on. let's go back to item baaing -- item number 5. >> that is public comment on all matters pertaining to close session. >> point of order. do not changes to the agenda as stated have to be done before the board meets? you put an agenda out and you tell them when they're going to be here. when they come to speak on an item, we say that we are not going to let you speak on this until later. >> we are taking it out of order. >> the president is calling item five art of order. that is public, and pertaining to all matters under closed

session. that is pursuant to the government code 5497. this is a personnel exception. discussion of a possible action for agreement of disciplinary charges in this case. item 7b is also a personal exception subject to the same government codes allowing a closed session. this is possible action to sustain or not sustain disciplinary actions. item 7c is pursuant to the same government code. the exceptions allow the personnel close session. that takes evidence of possible action for of sustained

disciplinary charges. we are calling for public comment on those matters. items seven a, b, and c. >> is this on a, b, or c? >> all three. >> go ahead. >> i know it is hard to comment on the closed session matters. you are not sure about what the facts are on the case. i recommend that you find the officers culpable of what they are doing. >> further public comment on the matters in closed session? hearing none, would you call